Jean moves to a riverside cottage in an effort to escape her violent husband. There she meets Redfern, a married stonemason, with whom she forms a relationship.
Eunice searches for Judith, her love, at highway gas stations. Her dangerous behaviour frightens cashiers. Miriam, a hard-of-hearing woman, befriends her and joins the search, trying to reform Eunice but falling into darkness herself.
A Pakistani immigrant works illegally in 1960s England, sharing cramped housing while sending money home. Movies offer escape as he faces deportation fears, a smuggler's threats, and his landlord's girlfriend's arrival.